Desert margins are particularly vulnerable and it is there that human settlements are most at risk of desertification, according the report by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, ... Greening of the Thar Desert driven by climate change and human interventions, Cell Reports Sustainability (2025).

Barrows’ band is sweeping 27 sites in California’s High Desert in an effort to understand how climate change impacts the populations of local reptiles, including western whiptails, desert ...

“It’s climate change whether anyone wants to believe it or not,” said Scott, who has lived full time in Borrego Springs since 2006. “It makes me feel sad. We need to do something about it.” ...

Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree. It’s not just the polar bear. Animals and plants in Earth’s other extreme environment—the desert—are endangered by rising temperatures.

Climate change will also pound regions of the Earth with intensified storms. Raup shared an analogy that "if you raised the floor of a basketball court by 4 inches, you'd expect more slam dunks.

But climate change seems to be shifting the concentration and range of tornadoes, ... more stable air from the desert Southwest shoves thunderstorm formation eastward.

The Invisible Problem: Understanding how carbon is warming the Earth 09:22. Desert storms that have sent massive plumes of dust across the oceans may have a small but significant effect on global ...

The result of climate change on the desert ecosystem could be a weedier and more barren landscape, as taller trees and plants shift to higher elevations and decline in numbers, while smaller brush ...

New research from UA’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment indicates the desert heat may be cooling ... discovered that climate change and altered precipitation patterns are killing ...

The Sahara Desert has grown by nearly 10 percent since 1920. ... climate change, and bad farming practices cause this. Since 1920, the Sahara has grown by about 10%, moving south into the Sahel.

Climate change has caused the Mojave Desert to become hotter and drier, but not all species have experienced the same effects. A new study shows why climate change has hit bird populations in the ...